Derek's Blitz Story

People in story: Derek McDonald
Location of story: Sheffield
Background to story: Civilian

This story was
submitted to the People’s War site by Bill Ross of the ‘Action Desk –
Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Derek McDonald.
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During the Sheffield Blitz, in 1941, I lived on Baker Street in Attercliffe,
Sheffield. The cellars acted as air-raid shelters. When the bombs started
dropping, we all gathered in one shelter. One old lady stoood up and her
husband said to her, "Where are you going?" She said, "For my
false teeth." He said, "They're dropping bloody bombs, not pork
pies."